Barcelonnette – Saint-Pons Airport
| Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport Aéroport de Barcelonnette-Saint-Pons |
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| IATA: BAE – ICAO: LFMR | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Barcelonnette, France | ||||||||||
| Location | Saint-Pons | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,714 ft / 1,132 m | ||||||||||
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Barcelonnette – Saint-Pons Airport (IATA: BAE[2], ICAO: LFMR) is an airport located at Saint-Pons, 3 km (2 miles) west of Barcelonnette,[1] both communes in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.
The airport is situated along the north side of the Ubaye river. It has an 800 m (2,600 ft) unlit runway. A glider centre operates from it.
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Situation
The airport is situated 3 km (2 mi) to the west of Barcelonette, along the north bank of the Ubaye river in the commune of Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Authority
The airport is on List 1 (Aerodromes open to public aviation) of 31 January 2010 (decree: NOR :DEVA1012766K ).[3] It is open to national commercial traffic and private aircraft operating daylight visual flight rules.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 3,714 feet (1,132 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway with a paved surface measuring 800 by 30 metres (2,625 ft × 98 ft).[1] The runway is unlit and cannot accept visual night flight rules, nor instrument flight rules.
Civil and military aircraft may refuel with AVGAS 100LL and TRO. There are no customs, nor police, but an "SSLIA" (French: Service de sauvetage et de lutte contre l'incendie des aéronefs sur les aérodromes, "Airport and Aircraft Fire and Rescue Service") is provided at Level 1.
Air traffic control
There is no air traffic control tower; traffic is controlled by automated information provision on 123.500 MHz.
Barcelonnette is a small airport dependent on the Provence aeronautical district; it uses no services of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation. For aeronatical information, and preparation and deposition of flight plans, it is annexed to the Bureau Régional d'Information aéronautique (BRIA, "Regional Aeronatical Information Office") of Marseille Provence Airport.
To follow the visual flight plans and for air traffic control the airport is dependent on telecommunications and flight information from the French: Centre en route de la navigation aérienne Sud-Est ("South-East Air Traffic Control Centre") at Aix-en-Provence.
Clubs
The airport is home to the Barcelonnette Glider Club (l'Ubaye Glider Club).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LFMR – BARCELONNETTE SAINT PONS (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 Apr 2024.
- ↑ http://www.liste-noire.org/barcelonnette_aeroport_2647.html
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Accident history for BAE at Aviation Safety Network
- www
.liste-noire .org /barcelonnette _aeroport _2647 .html Aerial view
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